1950–51 Washington Capitols season

1950–51 Washington Capitols season
Head coach	Bones McKinney
Arena	Washington Coliseum
Results
Record	10–25 (.286)
Place	Division: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Radio	WTOP

The 1950–51 Washington Capitols

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Capitols' fifth and final season in the NBA. Midway through the season, the franchise ceased operations. Despite this being their final season in the NBA, the Capitols would appear in the following season after this one under the original American Basketball League, though that team would also fold during the middle of that season as well (though that related to the NBA threatening to sue the new Capitols and the ABL if they tried to take the original franchise's history away from the NBA alongside the team's name). One lesser known, yet notable aspect from this season had the Capitols be involved in multiple rigged games orchestrated by NBA referee Sol Levy, with Levy failing to rig a match between the Capitols and the Minneapolis Lakers on November 4 to favor the Capitols, but successfully rig a match against the Boston Celtics to have Boston win a week later on November 11, which later led to Levy being arrested for his actions and charged as an accomplice in the CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951.

Draft picks

Main article: 1950 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Dick Schnittker	F	United States	Ohio State
2	16	Bill Sharman	G	United States	USC
3	28	Alan Sawyer	F	United States	UCLA
4	40	Tommy O'Keefe	G	United States	Georgetown
5	52	Claude Overton	G	United States	East Central State
9	100	Earl Lloyd	F/C	United States	West Virginia State

Roster

Washington Capitols 1950–51 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From F 17 Edward Bartels 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) NC State G/F Tommy Byrnes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Seton Hall F/C 11 Chuck Gilmur 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Washington C 14 Chick Halbert 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) West Texas A&M G/F 18, 23 Frank Kudelka 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Saint Mary's SF Earl Lloyd 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) West Virginia State F 12 Ariel Maughan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Utah State SF 29 Bones McKinney 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) North Carolina C 15 Ed Mikan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) DePaul F 16 Johnny Norlander 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Hamline G/F 13 Dick O'Keefe 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Santa Clara G Tommy O'Keefe 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgetown C 15 Don Otten 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green F 17, 29 Alan Sawyer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) UCLA SF 22 Dick Schnittker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Ohio State PG 20 Fred Scolari 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco SG 10 Bill Sharman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) USC	Head coach Bones McKinney Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Philadelphia Warriors	40	26	.606	–	28–4	11–21	1–1	22–14
x-Boston Celtics	39	30	.565	1	25–5	10–23	4–2	21–19
x-New York Knicks	36	30	.545	4	22–5	10–25	4–0	21–15
x-Syracuse Nationals	32	34	.485	8	23–10	9–24	–	19–17
Baltimore Bullets	24	42	.364	16	20–12	4–24	0–6	12–24
Washington Capitols	10	25	.286	30	7–12	3–12	0–1	6–12

Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NBA records
Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR	TCB	WAS
Baltimore	—	3–6	4–2	2–4	2–4	2–5	3–6	1–5	3–5	3–3	1–2
Boston	6–3	—	5–1	4–1	3–3	4–4	4–4	2–4	2–5	4–2	4–3
Fort Wayne	2–4	1–5	—	5–3	5–3	2–4	3–3	3–5	3–3	5–5	3–1
Indianapolis	4–2	1–4	3–5	—	3–7	5–1	1–5	5–4	3–3	4–4	2–2
Minneapolis	4–2	3–3	3–5	7–3	—	3–3	4–2	4–4	4–2	10–0	2–0
New York	5–2	4–4	4–2	1–5	3–3	—	5–3	3–3	5–5	4–2	2–1
Philadelphia	6–3	4–4	3–3	5–1	2–4	3–5	—	4–2	6–2	4–2	3–0
Rochester	5–3	5–2	3–3	3–3	2–4	5–5	2–6	—	4–2	5–3	5–0
Syracuse	5–3	5–2	3–3	3–3	2–4	5–5	2–6	2–4	—	3–3	2–0
Tri-Cities	3–3	2–4	5–5	4–4	0–10	2–4	2–4	3–5	3–3	—	1–1
Washington	2–1	3–4	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–5	0–2	1–1	—

Game log

1950–51 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 31	@ Rochester	70–78	Fred Scolari (18)	0–1
2	November 1	Indianapolis	100–84	Alan Sawyer (17)	1–1
3	November 4	Minneapolis	85–91	Sawyer, Sharman (19)	1–2
4	November 8	Baltimore	86–81	Fred Scolari (24)	2–2
5	November 11	Boston	77–78	Fred Scolari (21)	2–3
6	November 12	@ Fort Wayne	73–87	Fred Scolari (14)	2–4
7	November 14	New York	87–92	Fred Scolari (16)	2–5
8	November 15	vs Boston	74–79	Bill Sharman (20)	2–6
9	November 18	Fort Wayne	118–75	Schnittker, Scolari (20)	3–6
10	November 19	@ Boston	81–75	Frank Kudelka (15)	4–6
11	November 21	@ Philadelphia	78–83	Frank Kudelka (13)	4–7
12	November 22	Tri-Cities	65–60	Fred Scolari (13)	5–7
13	November 23	@ New York	78–109	Schnittker, Scolari (17)	5–8
14	November 25	Syracuse	67–77	Don Otten (22)	5–9
15	November 26	@ Syracuse	76–90	Chick Halbert (17)	5–10
16	November 28	@ Rochester	71–87	Fred Scolari (17)	5–11
17	November 29	Rochester	71–72	Bill Sharman (20)	5–12
18	November 30	@ Boston	85–81	Fred Scolari (23)	6–12
19	December 2	Boston	75–83	Bill Sharman (18)	6–13
20	December 6	Indianapolis	79–101	Dick Schnittker (16)	6–14
21	December 9	New York	91–84	Fred Scolari (22)	7–14
22	December 10	@ Fort Wayne	81–97	Dick Schnittker (18)	7–15
23	December 13	Boston	110–79	Fred Scolari (24)	8–15
24	December 16	Philadelphia	88–96	Fred Scolari (15)	8–16
25	December 20	Rochester	76–94	Bill Sharman (15)	8–17
26	December 23	Indianapolis	79–87 (OT)	Dick Schnittker (19)	8–18
27	December 25	@ Minneapolis	79–93	Fred Scolari (17)	8–19
28	December 26	@ Indianapolis	88–81	Fred Scolari (24)	9–19
29	December 28	@ Tri-Cities	80–97	Fred Scolari (19)	9–20
30	December 30	@ Rochester	77–91	Bill Sharman (19)	9–21
31	January 1	@ Baltimore	71–83	Bill Sharman (18)	9–22
32	January 3	Baltimore	92–82	Bill Sharman (21)	10–22
33	January 6	Fort Wayne	76–91	Bill Sharman (17)	10–23
34	January 7	@ Boston	86–91 (OT)	Fred Scolari (19)	10–24
35	January 9	@ Philadelphia	74–102	Bill Sharman (17)	10–25

Dispersal Draft

After the Capitols franchise folded operations on January 9, 1951, the NBA would conduct a dispersal draft on the team's players later that same day. It effectively became the final dispersal draft of the 1950–51 season, following the dispersal drafts involving the Waterloo Hawks, Anderson Packers, St. Louis Bombers, and Chicago Stags franchises earlier in the 1950 offseason period. As such, the following teams acquired these players from the Capitols during the dispersal draft period.

• Baltimore Bullets: Chick Halbert
• Boston Celtics: Bones McKinney & Frank Kudelka
• Fort Wayne Pistons: Bill Sharman
• Minneapolis Lakers: Dick Schnittker
• Syracuse Nationals: Earl Lloyd & Fred Scolari
• Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Alan Sawyer